Tuesday February 6, 2018

School holidays :

Canberra Day (ACT only) -

Monday March 12, 2018

Secular holiday :

National Folk Festival -

Thursday March 29, 2018

Good Friday -

Friday March 30, 2018

Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

Holy Saturday -

Saturday March 31, 2018

Catholic or protestant : paid holiday

Daylight Saving Time -

Sunday April 1, 2018

Special Events : Used to be last Sunday of March until 2007.

Easter -

Sunday April 1, 2018

Catholic or protestant : paid holiday

Easter Monday -

Monday April 2, 2018

Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.

Easter holiday (beginning) -

Friday April 13, 2018

School holidays :

Canberra Marathon -

Saturday April 14, 2018

Anzac Day -

Wednesday April 25, 2018

Secular holiday : ANZAC(Australia and New Zealand Army Corps)Day commemorates those soldiers who died during world
wars (from the Boer war to the Vietnam war), and particuarly remembers those who died during the Gallipoli campaign during WW1(Turkey).

Easter holiday (end) -

Monday April 30, 2018

School holidays :

Day of Reconciliation -

Monday May 28, 2018

Secular holiday : To help all Australians to move forward with a better understanding of their shared past, and how this affects the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Queen's Birthday -

Monday June 11, 2018

Secular holiday : Australia is a member of the Commonwealth Realms that recognise Queen Elizabeth II as their monarch.
Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was actually born at 2:40 am on April 21, 1926. Except in Queensland and Western Australia